Piekoszów
Piekoszów is a town in Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Piekoszów. It lies approximately west of the regional capital Kielce.
History
Piekoszów was the former seat of the Odrowąż family. In 1366, Piotr Odrowąż founded a parish church in Piekoszów. It was administratively located in the Sandomierz Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.According to the 1921 census, the population was 94.4% Polish and 5.6% Jewish.
Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the town was occupied by Germany.